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View Mode View All Pictures Species Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758)    Holacanthus ciliaris was originally described as Chaetodon ciliaris by Linnaeus in 1758. It belongs to the family Pomacanthidae. It is commonly known as Queen angelfish but has many other common names such as Queen Angel in USA, Hokuro-yakko in Japan, Queen angelfish in Brazil, Queen Angelfish in South Africa, Queen angelfish in Bahamas. more common names It is found in Salt water.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   ciliaris AuthorWI   Linnaeus [C.] AuthorNI   Linnaeus Qualification   --- Year   1758 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Perciformes Perciformes Family   Pomacanthidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Holacanthus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Perciformes Family   Pomacanthidae Genus   Holacanthus Original Name   Chaetodon         Taxon Name   ciliaris Original Combination   Chaetodon ciliaris Original Genus   Chaetodon Original Genus Species   Chaetodon ciliaris OriginalSubGenus   Chaetodon Original Author   Linnaeus Original AuthorWI   Linnaeus [C.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1758 Original Family   Chaetodontidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Western Atlantic/Caribbean. Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:224 [ref. 13434], Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:251-252 [ref. 20707]. Primary Code   --- Page   276 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Holacanthus ciliaris Current Species ciliaris Current Genus Holacanthus Current AuthorWI Linnaeus [C.] Current AuthorNI Linnaeus Current Year 1758 Current Family Pomacanthidae Current Subfamily --- --- Habitat marine.         Water Salt water Habitat Notes Queen angelfish. Attains 45 cm. Blue and Semi-albinotic color morphs occur in St. Paul’s Rocks. Depth Range From 1 to 70 meters.     Current Summary   Valid as Holacanthus ciliaris  (Linnaeus 1758). Pomacanthidae.   Name History   •Valid as Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Feddern 1968 [ref. 21623], Allen 1980:250 [ref. 22764], Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:392 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:195 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:150 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:382 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:340 [ref. 24474], Aguilera 1998:51 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:277 [ref. 25013], Thomson et al. 2000:149 [ref. 25640], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:163 [ref. 27754], Rocha & Rosa 2001:991 [ref. 25909], Collette et al. 2003:112 [ref. 26784], Feitoza et al. 2003:69 [ref. 26943] with color morphs, Burgess 2003:1680 [ref. 27101], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:90 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:39 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:150 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:476 [ref. 28815], Vaske et al. 2005:78 [ref. 36155], Page et al. 2013:155 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:60 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:22 [ref. 34324], Bailly in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2676 [ref. 34618], Robertson et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34961]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 5 (113 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2345 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   acanthops Holacanthus acanthops Norman [J. R.] 1922 Synonym aculeatus Holacanthus aculeatus (Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854) Synonym africanus Holacanthus africanus Cadenat [J.] 1951 Valid albofasciatus Holacanthus albofasciatus Tanaka [S.] 1909 Synonym alternans Holacanthus alternans Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831 Synonym alternans meleagris Holacanthus alternans meleagris Alcock [A. W.] 1896 Synonym amiralis Holacanthus amiralis Cuvier [G.] 1829 Synonym arcuatus Holacanthus arcuatus Gray [J. E.] 1831 Synonym aruset Holacanthus aruset Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802 Synonym ataja Holacanthus ataja Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802 Synonym bermudensis Holacanthus bermudensis Goode [G. B.] 1876 Valid bicolor oahuensis Holacanthus bicolor oahuensis Borodin [N. A.] 1930 Synonym bishopi Holacanthus bishopi Seale [A.] 1901 Synonym bispinosus Holacanthus bispinosus Günther [A.] 1860 Synonym caerulescens Holacanthus caerulescens Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830 Synonym caeruleus Holacanthus caeruleus Cuvier [G.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831 Synonym caudibicolor Holacanthus caudibicolor Sauvage [H.-E.] (ex Liénard) 1891 Synonym caudovittatus Holacanthus caudovittatus Günther [A.] 1860 Synonym chapmani Holacanthus chapmani Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1933 Synonym chrysocephalus Holacanthus chrysocephalus Bleeker [P.] 1855 Synonym chrysurus Holacanthus chrysurus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831 Synonym ciliaris bermudensis Holacanthus ciliaris bermudensis Goode [G. B.] 1876 Synonym clarionensis Holacanthus clarionensis Gilbert [C. H.] 1890 Valid coeruleus Holacanthus coeruleus Cuvier [G.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831 Synonym conspicillatus Holacanthus conspicillatus Waite [E. R.] 1900 Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 5 (113 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2345 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…